Latency and Delay

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We tend to think that electronic signals travel instantaneously,
but they do not. They are merely very fast. And the time delay
can be perceived by humans under some circumstances. 

In this episode, I tell the story of hearing my Morse code
Amateur Radio signal coming back after circling the Earth, and
how there was significant delay in the time it took for broadcast
radio network signals to travel through thousands of miles of
dedicated telephone lines.


Our digital audio world is full of delays of a different type:
latency, which is the result of the time it takes for a computer
to do its work. This latency can have a profound effect on a
musical performance in the studio. Is there a way around this
problem?


Sound delays are part of our world, and reverberation is an
example of a “good” kind of delay, as is short repeats of a vocal
or other musical sound.


Latency (almost always bad) and delay (which can be good) are two
terms that describe much the same thing. Knowing how to use this
displacement in time can make your recordings better – or worse.


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